Jay Z confesses to cheating on Beyoncé: ‘The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone’s face that you caused’

By Emmy Griffiths

December 01, 2017

Rumours of infidelity have been churning since
Beyoncé released her album Lemonade. In a new interview with the New York Times, Jay-Z has opened up about their relationship and how they’ve used art tow ork through their marital problems. The rapper claimed that he struggles to connect with people, and that it has led to infidelity in the past, explaining: "You shut down all emotions. So even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can't connect… In my case, like it's, it's deep. And then all the things happen from there: infidelity."

Speaking about his marriage to Beyoncé, he said: "We were using our art almost like a therapy session, we started making music together. The music she was making at the time was further along so her album came out as opposed to our joint album… This is what it became. There was never a point where she was like, 'I'm making this album', I was there, I was right there the entire time." He also referenced her album, Lemonade, which touches on issues including unfaithfulness, admitting that listening to the album made him "uncomfortable". He said: "We have a healthy respect for one another's craft. I think she's amazing. Most people walk away, and divorce rate is like 50 per cent or something because most people can't see themselves. The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone's face that you caused. Most people don't want to do that. You don't want to look inside yourself and so you walk away."

Jay-Z and Beyoncé share three children

This isn't the first time Jay-Z has hinted at problems in his marriage to the
Love On Top singer. In the mini-documentary for his album, 4:44, he said: "This is my real life. I just ran into this place and we built this big, beautiful mansion of a relationship that wasn't totally built on the 100 per cent truth and it starts cracking. Things start happening that the public can see."

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